Error using MP 2006

This is a discussion on Error using MP 2006 within the MapPoint Desktop Discussion forums, part of the Map Forums category; I used the following code in VB.net 2003/MP2004 and it worked fine
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objTemplate = "C:\North_America.ptm"
AxMappointControl2.NewMap(objTemplate)
I upgraded my ...

Maybe you need to convert the file interactively first. With MapPoint open, go to File Open and then open your template, it will probably ask if you want to convert it to MapPoint 2006. Do it and then I think you app will work again ?